Boston: The Four Seas Co. 1920. First edition. Light dampstain at base of spine extending to lower inner corners of pastedowns, one-inch loss at head of spine professionally restored, bottom corner rear board chipped away, otherwise a clean bright copy with remnants of the dust jacket laid in including most of both panels and the front flap (all three pieces are heavily chipped along edges), part of the blank rear panel, and about three inches of the spine.

(New York): New Directions, (1963). First edition to collect all five books. A paperback original. Also includes "fragments" for a never-completed book six. Few notations at head of first page otherwise very good.

(New York): New Directions, (1946). First editon, one of only 1063 copies. Very good or better with offset to the pastedowns from the glue used in production, former owner's identifying information on free endpaper, and light soiling. Lacking the dust jacket.

Norfolk, Conn. New Directions, 1937. First edition. Name on front endpaper, and unavoidable offset to both endpapers (from binding glue), otherwise fine in oatmeal-colored dust jacket with the barest wear.

New York: Coward-McCann, Inc. 1929. First edition. Dust jacket art from a wood-cut by Karl S. Woerner. Decorative endpapers in block print design. Page edges rough cut with top stained green. Touch of foxing to top edge, name on frontispiece in pencil, spine lightly bumped, otherwise near fine in very good, price-clipped dust jacket which shows some sunning and chipping at the spine and wear at the corners.

Willis, N. Parker, editor.TRENTON FALLS, PICTURESQUE AND DESCRIPTIVE: Embracing the Original Essay of John Sherman, the First Proprietor and Resident.

New York: George P. Putnam, 1851. First edition. Pictorial blue-green cloth, gilt lettering and decorations in gilt on front cover and spine. Cloth faded with spine showing more fading than covers but lettering still readable. Book a little shaken and cracked at p.52. Light, contemporary gift inscription and another name and date "1906" on endpaper.

Stuart Travis. New York: G. W. Dillingham, (1907). First edition. Four, full-page color illustrations by Stuart Travis. The author is best known for her wildly popular domestic romances, which were often parodied for their purple prose, their unrealistically upright heroines, and their formulaic narrative structures. They were adored by their many readers though. Top edge of cover just a bit faded, otherwise this is a fine copy in red cloth with gold lettering and borders around title and illustration in oval on front cover. Top edge gilt. In an early dust jacket which has some chips but nor affecting any lettering. EARLY DUST JACKET.

Wilson, Colin.APG 057.3 (2004)Author Price Guide. (Dickerson: Quill & Brush, 2004).
Includes a facsimile of the author's signature; a brief biographical sketch;
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of publication of the guide, with entries for limited and trade editions; number
of copies (if available); how to identify the first edition; and estimated values
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Wilson, Colin.RITUAL IN THE DARK.

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd. 1960. First edition of his first mystery. Page edges age darkened and small spot on front cover, otherwise very good to near fine in lightly soiled dust jacket with a touch of edgewear and a light crease in front panel extending to front flap.

New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, (1938). First edition. Considered the foremost literary critic of the time, Wilson discusses the careers of Pushkin, Housman, Flaubert, Henry James, Samuel Butler, Paul More and Bernard Shaw from the point of view of their aesthetic significance and in relation to their social and political backgrounds. Small scratch on top stain, otherwise fine in presumed first-issue binding of dark green cloth, with gold lettering and top edge stained yellow; in price-clipped dust jacket with the red spine just a bit faded. Very nice bright copy and scarce thus.

Wilson, Edmund.APG 067.3 (2004)Author Price Guide. (Dickerson: Quill & Brush, 2004).
Includes a facsimile of the author's signature; a brief biographical sketch;
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Wilson, Edmund.FIVE PLAYS.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Young, 1954. First edition. Includes "Cyprian's Prayer," "The Crime in the Whistler Room," "This Room and This Gin and These Sandwiches," "Beppo and Beth," and "The Little Blue Light." Near fine in spine-tanned dust jacket with few tiny tears and small stains (otherwise very good).

New York: Scribner's Sons, 1929. First edition. Two bookplates on front pastedown, otherwise a fine, bright copy in slightly darkened and lightly soiled dust jacket with "shadows" from old tape repairs to several tears (the tape itself is long since gone) and white cloth tape on verso at spine ends masking a small chip to top corner of spine.

San Francisco: Colt Press, 1942. First edition. Very good or better with light offset on endpapers and a small bookplate on front pastedown (under flap); in a price-clipped dust jacket with spine and edges age darkened, minor edge wear, light soiling and section at top edge of front flap excised (approximately half-inch deep). Still, a nice copy of this scarce book.

Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Co. 1915. First edition. INSCRIBED, "The spirit of American equality for which their forefathers bled and died on the battlefields of Boston, New York and Vicksburg- To Charles W. Myers, Jr. Greetings from Harry Leon Wilson." A story of an upper class Lord losing his butler, Ruggles, at the poker table. Effie and Egbert Floud of Red Gap, Washington, take Ruggles back home. Effie Floud wants to take advantage of Ruggles' upper class background to influence Egbert's hick lifestyle. However, Egbert is more interested in partying and he takes Ruggles to the local 'beer bust.' Ruggles eventually decides to strike out on his own and open a restaurant. Made into films in 1918, 1923 with Edward Everett Horton as Ruggles, and 1935 with Charles Laughton playing Ruggles. Illustrated with eight full-page drawings by F. R. Gruger. Spine shows some wear but lettering still readable, rear endpaper partially split at hinge, and minor wear on spine ends and corners, otherwise very good, lacking the dust jacket. BOOK INTO FILM.

New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc. 1955. First U.S. edition. Preface by Vida Hope and illustrations by the author. Small burn hole in page 125 (not affecting any text), otherwise fine in dust jacket with usual fading of spine background, a small chip in upper rear spine fold and light rubbing. A bright, attractive copy of the play that starred Julie Andrews.

New York: McGraw-Hill, (1963). First edition. SIGNED on the title page by cartographer Shelia Waters who provided the maps for this book. Near fine with some bumping and a light mark along the spine. In a near fine price-clipped dust jacket with minor shelfwear, mostly confined to the spine ends and corners.

Jan B. Balet. No-place: Rand McNally, (1952). First edition. A nice copy with all of the puch-out "Slottie" toys present and still bound in the book. Slight soiling on cover and a few pages, otherwise near fine in very good or better dust jacket with one small chip at top front hinge corner and back cover a little wrinkled. Scarce with all the "Slotties" present, and scarcer still with them still intact as issued.

New York: St. Martin's Press, (1994). First edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page, "To . . . With memories of The Ocean State!/ I remember your Rhode Island connection!/ Don Winslow/ January 28, 1995." . Fine in dust jacket with a light crease on front flap.